MORNING/AFTERNOON MEETING PLACE:
PIAZZA DI PORTA RAVEGNANA/TWO TOWERS
DURATION OF THE TOUR ABOUT 4 HOURS
Indicate your choice, morning or afternoon, when booking
Meeting with the guide and beginning of the visit of theancient ghetto: at the core of the medieval centre, it still retains its original structure. A maze of alleys and suspended passages, covered bridges and small windows that tells the story of an entire community, forced to live in a specific area of Italian cities by the State of the Church starting from 1556. The Jews of Bologna lived here until 1569, when they were expelled for the first time, and then again between 1586, when they were allowed to return to the city, and 1593, the year of their final expulsion. Nine hundred people left Bologna and for over two centuries no organised Jewish group was allowed to live here. The several entrances to the neighbourhood were all constantly monitored and opened in the morning and locked at dusk: one at the beginning of via de’ Giudei, another at the junction between via del Carro and via Zamboni, a third in via Oberdan at the archway leading onto Vicolo Mandria. The ghetto is certainly one of the most interesting and suggestive areas of the entire urban fabric, defined by the walls of buildings that belonged to wealthy Jewish merchants and bankers and animated by craft shops. Entrance and guided tour of the Jewish Museum. You continue with a visit to the small Synagogue and the large Synagogue
The fee includes: Guided tour as scheduled, entrance to the Jewish museum, contribution of 5.00 euros per person for the visit to the Synagogue, health insurance.
The fee does not include: anything not expressly indicated under “the fee includes” section.
Please note: A photocopy of the identity card is requested at the time of booking.
To visit the Synagogue, men must wear the Kippah (a brimless cap similar to a skullcap), which will be provided before entering the Synagogue.
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